Arrogant and domineering because of his good looks: His Majesty always pretends to be righteous

"Ha, pretty boy." Guo Shantong looked at Xia Zhanxin with disdain.

Xia Rongliu laughed, "Pretty boy, that just means our Yuanxiao is good-looking. Unlike you, you look like a freshly unearthed potato, all bumpy and dirty."

Upon hearing this, Guo Shantong became agitated: "How am I like a potato? He even calls himself Yuanxiao, what a terrible name! Yuanxiao? Does he think he's a glutinous rice ball? What's with the cuteness?"

Actually, Guo Shantong wasn't ugly; she was even close to pretty, just delicate-looking. She wasn't very old, but she had a very domineering personality. Xia Rongliu disliked Guo Shantong the most in the school.

He likes to lead the bullying, and older people don't bother with him. They either follow him around or run errands for him. So, this is one of the main reasons why younger people like Xia Rongliu and Bai Mingyu.

"What do you care what his name is? I named him, are you unhappy about it? If you're unhappy, then keep it to yourself!" Xia Rongliu was a little angry that he dared to mock the name she had chosen. "You have the nerve to talk about others? What's so nice about your name? Guo Shantong? Change it to Guoshanji instead."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding children all laughed. Unlike adults who had to be careful, children laughed freely. Guo Shantong's face turned bright red with embarrassment.

Xia Zhanxin sat silently in his seat, enjoying Xia Rongliu's protective gesture. A slight smile played on his lips, which Guo Shantong noticed, making him think that Xia Zhanxin was showing off.

He said angrily, "What are you laughing at? You're a newcomer, what right do you have to laugh at me!" His 'underling' next to him noticed the papers on the table and quickly picked them up and handed them to Guo Shantong without being noticed.

Guo Shantong took the paper and glanced at it. What she saw was like a bombshell. Guo Shantong resumed her arrogant expression and said, "I thought it was something amazing. Is this all? Just some basic stuff to fill the space. I don't think Master Zhang taught this."

The younger brother chimed in, "Four, four. Could it be that you don't understand and can only write the basics, which is why you're like this?"

The children around them heard this and wanted to go closer to look at the paper. Xia Rongliu got angry and said, "Give me the paper!" Xia Rongliu reached out to take it, but Guo Shantong dodged her.

"What are you afraid of? Weren't you all pretty capable just now?" Guo Shantong said. Xia Rongliu definitely couldn't beat Guo Shantong, who unfolded the paper and held it above her head to show everyone.

The voices of the surrounding children reached Xia Zhanxin's ears. Xia Zhanxin's fingers tightened, then loosened, and she stood up abruptly. "Give it back to me."

This sound, like Xia Zhanxin's expression, was extremely gloomy. Guo Shantong subconsciously shrank back, realizing that her movement seemed to be out of fear of him, and became angry and embarrassed, "What? Can't I even say it?"

Xia Zhanxin stepped over the table and walked step by step toward Guo Shantong. Guo Shantong was a little scared when he saw Xia Zhanxin's posture and backed away.

Xia Rongliu noticed that Xia Zhanxin was acting differently than usual, and her heart sank. She stepped forward, took Xia Zhanxin's hand, and pulled her behind her, saying to Guo Shantong, "So vicious at such a young age. I really don't know what you'll be like when you grow up. No, someone like you probably won't grow up, after all... you might get beaten to death on the way."

After saying that, she snatched the paper from Guo Shantong's hand and said, "Our Yuanxiao is much better than Shanji. She's good-looking and well-behaved."

Guo Shantong could only fum in anger, saying, "You, you, you're being unreasonable and bullying people?"

Xia Rongliu rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "We're reasonable, we don't bully people, we're just dealing with people. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being a pheasant."

Speechless after being rebuked, Guo Shantong glared at Xia Zhanxin. He hadn't noticed Xia Zhanxin while she was sitting, protected by Xia Rongliu, and hadn't paid much attention to her when she stood up.

Looking closely at Xia Zhanxin, Guo Shantong felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen her somewhere before. His mind automatically recalled memories from a month ago, which wasn't too far in the past. He remembered.

Pointing at Xia Zhanxin, Guo Shantong loudly proclaimed, "You're that little girl! You didn't dare come here for a month, and when you did, you were dressed as a boy. Don't be fooled, everyone!"

All eyes immediately turned to Xia Zhanxin.

It would have been better if we hadn't talked about it, because Xia Rongliu gets angry as soon as we do. A month ago, Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhanxin came to the school for the first time to deliver food to Xia Zhishu. At that time, get out of class hadn't ended yet, and Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhanxin were playing in the small pavilion.

get out of class was over, and because there were two pretty girls in the classroom, which was quite unusual, Xia Rongliu noticed that Xia Zhanxin was waiting for her while she put the food in the insulated cabinet.

Xia Zhanxin agreed, but when Xia Rongliu returned, she saw Xia Zhanxin struggling in the pond, while Guo Shantong and several others stood by the pond with wicked smiles on their faces.

Xia Rongliu immediately ran over, jumped into the water, and pulled Xia Zhanxin out. It was still very cold at the time. Xia Rongliu was okay, she only went in for a short while, but Xia Zhanxin stayed in the water for several minutes. At that time, Xia Zhanxin had just arrived at the Xia family and was extremely weak. Soaking in the water made her even weaker.

Xia Rongliu didn't have time to pay attention to Guo Shantong and the others. She hurriedly took Xia Zhanxin to find Xia Zhishu. Xia Zhishu was also shocked. He took off Xia Zhanxin's outer clothes and wrapped her in a blanket.

He lit some firewood in the backyard, and then he had to go to class. Xia Rongliu dried Xia Zhanxin's clothes, and the two of them hugged each other to keep warm.

Afterwards, Xia Rongliu told Xia Zhishu what she had seen. Xia Zhishu went to find Guo Shantong, who, realizing the seriousness of the situation, said that Xia Zhanxin had fallen on her own and that it had nothing to do with him.

Xia Rongliu couldn't possibly believe it, so she started questioning a few of her underlings and found out the truth.

When Guo Shantong saw that Xia Zhanxin was alone and looked like a thin girl, he brought his underlings over and asked Xia Zhanxin to be his child bride. Xia Zhanxin would never agree to that and pushed them away, wanting to go find Xia Rongliu.

His frail body couldn't muster any strength, and he was soon forced to the edge of the pavilion. Then, as Xia Rongliu saw, his parents were called in to handle the situation.

Guo Shantong's parents scolded him severely, but that was all they did; besides, Guo Shantong wouldn't listen.

Xia Zhanxin caught a cold, and Xia Rongliu also sneezed a bit, but Xia Zhanxin refused to go in when they brought her food. Xia Rongliu got angry when she saw that Guo Shantong was still fine, and she teased Guo Shantong several times before she stopped.

At this moment, Guo Shantong pointed at Xia Zhanxin, and Xia Rongliu immediately became angry. She stepped forward and pried Guo Shantong's fingers off, saying, "Who are you pointing at? A woman dressed as a man? Are you blind? A month has passed, and your brain is still so malfunctioning?"

Guo Shantong was twisted so hard that he grimaced, his face contorted in agony, and he cried out, "I was wrong, I was wrong, let go, let go! Ahhhhhh—it hurts!"

Xia Rongliu suddenly twisted and shook off Guo Shantong's hand, and feeling unsatisfied, she kicked him before stopping.